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ORCHIDACEiE. (ORCHIS FAMILY.) 
purple. (Name from 7ra vy<ov, a beard , from the bearded lip of the 
original species.) 
§ 1. Pogonia proper. — Sepals and petals nearly equal and alike. 
1- !*• ophioglossoldes, Nutt. (Adder’s-tongue Pogo¬ 
nia.) Root of thick fibres; stem bearing one clasping oval or lanceo - 
late leaf near the middle , and a smaller similar bract next the solitary 
flower; lip spatulate, beard-crested and fringed. — Bogs, common. 
June, July. — Flower handsome, F long, pale purple, rarely 2 or 3. 
P* pendula, Lindl (Nodding Pogonia.) Stem low (3 ; - 
(i / high) from oblong tubers, bearing 3 or 4 alternate ovate-clasping 
small leaves , and nearly as many drooping flowers on axillary pedi¬ 
cels ; lip spatulate, somewhat 3-lobed, roughish or crisped above, but 
not crested. (Triphora, Nutt.) — Rich damp woods, Vermont and 
westward, rare. Aug., Sept. — Flowers whitish, tinged with pink, V 
long ; the sepals and petals erect. 
§ 2. Odonectis, Raf. — Sepals much longer than the petals. 
P» verticillata, Nutt. (Whorled Pogonia.) Root of 
thick fibres; stem bearing a whorl of 5 oval or oblong-obovate pointed 
sessile leaves at the summit, 1-flow'ered ; sepals narrowly linear (F - 
2' long), twice the length of the oblong petals; lip short, 3-lobed, the 
middle lobe wavy and crested. — Bogs, rather rare. June. — Flower 
dingy brownish-green. 
12. CALOPOOON, R. Brown. Calopogon. 
Flower with the ovary or stalk not twisting, therefore present¬ 
ing its lip on the upper or inner side ! Sepals and petals nearly 
alike, spreading, distinct. Lip rather spreading, raised on a nar¬ 
rowed base or stalk, dilated at the summit, strongly bearded along 
the upper side. Column free, winged at the apex. Anther ter¬ 
minal, sessile : pollen-masses 2 (one in each cell). — Scape from 
a solid bulb, sheathed below by the base of the grass-like leaf, na¬ 
ked above, bearing several flowers. Bracts minute. (Name com¬ 
posed of koXos, beautiful , and nayaiv, beard , from the bearded lip-) 
L C. pulchellus, R. Brown. Leaf linear; scape 2 - 6-flow- 
ered ; sepals and petals ovate-lanceolate, acute ; lip beautifully beard- 
e towards the dilated summit with white, yellow, and purple club- 
s aped hairs. —Bogs, common. July. —Stem 1° high. Flowers V 
broad, pink-purple, fragrant. 
13. SPIRANTHES, Richard. • Ladies’ Tresses. 
Flower somewhat ringent; the lateral sepals rather oblique at 
the base and nearly opposite the lip, the upper one cohering w* 1 * 1 
